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Concert promoter’s case against TEG over One Direction tour goes south
Catherine Gleeson 2023-05-26 4:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Concert promoter Mark Filby has lost his case against former Nine unit TEG Live, alleging that it nabbed his idea when it partnered with Coles to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction. 

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HWL Ebsworth partner excluded from IPO wants firm head’s emails in $4.4M suit
Bridges Lawyers 2023-05-25 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former capital partner has called on HWL Ebsworth to produce communications between managing partner Juan Martinez and other members of the management team that allegedly preceded a decision to shut him out of the law firm’s plans to float on the ASX. 

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Dentons adds top barrister to dispute resolution team
Business of Law 2023-05-24 3:51 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Dentons has welcomed former barrister and NSW Industrial Relations commissioner Jane Seymour to its dispute resolution team in Sydney.

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Insurers challenge CIMIC win on coverage for Iraq bribery cases
Allens 2023-05-24 1:12 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Appeals and cross-appeals are flying over a judge’s finding that engineering services firm CIMIC Group can pursue insurance claims for costs arising from allegations it engaged in corrupt practices, including a $32 million class action settlement.

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Healthcare REIT can’t add claims against Dexus in trust takeover spat
Allens 2023-05-23 5:45 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Real estate investment trust NorthWest can amend its pleadings in a lawsuit alleging one of the country’s largest unlisted healthcare property funds conspired to prevent it from acquiring a controlling stake, but has come up short in its bid to add to its claims against property giant Dexus.

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Nine’s A Current Affair broke privacy rules in airing neighbour dispute, ACMA finds
ACMA 2023-05-18 11:36 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.

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Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue Mark Latham over homophobic tweet
Defamation 2023-05-18 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.

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Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2023-05-16 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.

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Meridian continues raid of McCabes to grow insurance team
Business of Law 2023-05-15 10:30 pm By Gareth Baker

National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and staff from its competitor.

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University of Technology Sydney to backpay staff $4.4M
Education 2023-05-11 11:34 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

The University of Technology Sydney will backpay staff more than $4.4 million, plus $1.3 million in superannuation and interest, after agreeing to an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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